Bible, King James Version
Genesis
Gen.1
[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided
the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first
day.
[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
[7] And God made
the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
[8] And God
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second
day.
[9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was
so.
[10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together
of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
[11] And
God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit
tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and
it was so.
[12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding
seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself,
after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[13] And the evening and
the morning were the third day.
[14] And God said, Let there be lights
in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be
for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
[15] And let them
be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and
it was so.
[16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars
also.
[17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth,
[18] And to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was
good.
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth
day.
[20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the
moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.
[21] And God created great whales, and every
living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after
their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was
good.
[22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the
earth.
[23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day.
[24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature
after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his
kind: and it was so.
[25] And God made the beast of the earth after
his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[26] And God said,
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
[28] And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
[29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is
the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30]
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every
thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31] And God saw every thing that
he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were
the sixth day.
Gen.2
[1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all
the host of them.
[2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which
he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
[3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because
that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and
made.
[4] These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth
when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the
heavens,
[5] And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,
and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it
to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the
ground.
[6] But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the
whole face of the ground.
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became
a living soul.
[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden;
and there he put the man whom he had formed.
[9] And out of the ground
made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for
food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of
knowledge of good and evil.
[10] And a river went out of Eden to water
the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four
heads.
[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which
compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[12] And
the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it
that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
[14] And the name of the
third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And
the fourth river is Euphrates.
[15] And the LORD God took the man, and
put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[16] And
the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat:
[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.
[18] And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
[19] And out of
the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the
air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever
Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
[20] And
Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of
the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
[21]
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took
one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
[22] And the
rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her
unto the man.
[23] And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and
flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of
Man.
[24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
[25] And they
were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Gen.3
[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the
field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman
said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest
ye die.
[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely
die:
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your
eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and
evil.
[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat.
[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they
knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons.
[8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the
garden.
[9] And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,
Where art thou?
[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and
I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
[11] And he said,
Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
[12] And the man said, The
woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat.
[13] And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did
eat.
[14] And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast
done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;
upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy
life:
[15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise
his heel.
[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy
sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy
desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
[17] And
unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and
hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of
it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the
days of thy life;
[18] Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
[19] In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of
it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return.
[20] And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the
mother of all living.
[21] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD
God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
[22] And the LORD God said,
Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he
put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for
ever:
[23] Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of
Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
[24] So he drove
out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Gen.4
[1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
[2] And she again
bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of
the ground.
[3] And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain
brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
[4] And
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And
the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
[5] But unto Cain
and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell.
[6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth?
and why is thy countenance fallen?
[7] If thou doest well, shalt thou
not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
[8] And Cain
talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field,
that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
[9] And the
LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my
brother's keeper?
[10] And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of
thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
[11] And now art
thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's
blood from thy hand;
[12] When thou tillest the ground, it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be
in the earth.
[13] And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is
greater than I can bear.
[14] Behold, thou hast driven me out this day
from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one
that findeth me shall slay me.
[15] And the LORD said unto him,
Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And
the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill
him.
[16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt
in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
[17] And Cain knew his wife;
and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of
the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
[18] And unto Enoch was
born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael
begat Lamech.
[19] And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the
one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
[20] And Adah bare
Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have
cattle.
[21] And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of
all such as handle the harp and organ.
[22] And Zillah, she also bare
Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister
of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
[23] And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah
and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I
have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
[24] If
Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold.
[25] And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and
called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead
of Abel, whom Cain slew.
[26] And to Seth, to him also there was born
a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the
LORD.
Gen.5
[1] This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day
that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
[2] Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day
when they were created.
[3] And Adam lived an hundred and thirty
years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name
Seth:
[4] And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight
hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
[5] And all the days
that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
[6]
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
[7] And Seth
lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and
daughters:
[8] And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve
years: and he died.
[9] And Enos lived ninety years, and begat
Cainan:
[10] And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and
fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
[11] And all the days of
Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
[12] And Cainan
lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
[13] And Cainan lived after
he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and
daughters:
[14] And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten
years: and he died.
[15] And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years,
and begat Jared:
[16] And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
[17] And all
the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he
died.
[18] And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he
begat Enoch:
[19] And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[20] And all the days of Jared
were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
[21] And Enoch
lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
[22] And Enoch
walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters:
[23] And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty
and five years:
[24] And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for
God took him.
[25] And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven
years, and begat Lamech:
[26] And Methuselah lived after he begat
Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and
daughters:
[27] And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty
and nine years: and he died.
[28] And Lamech lived an hundred eighty
and two years, and begat a son:
[29] And he called his name Noah,
saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands,
because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
[30] And Lamech
lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and
daughters:
[31] And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy
and seven years: and he died.
[32] And Noah was five hundred years
old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen.6
[1] And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
[2] That the
sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them
wives of all which they chose.
[3] And the LORD said, My spirit shall
not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an
hundred and twenty years.
[4] There were giants in the earth in those
days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of
men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.
[5] And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was
great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually.
[6] And it repented the LORD that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
[7] And the LORD
said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both
man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it
repenteth me that I have made them.
[8] But Noah found grace in the
eyes of the LORD.
[9] These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a
just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with
God.
[10] And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
[11] The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was
filled with violence.
[12] And God looked upon the earth, and, behold,
it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the
earth.
[13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come
before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I
will destroy them with the earth.
[14] Make thee an ark of gopher
wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without
with pitch.
[15] And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of:
The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty
cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
[16] A window shalt thou
make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the
ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories
shalt thou make it.
[17] And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
[18] But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou,
and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
[19] And of
every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the
ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
[20]
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping
thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to
keep them alive.
[21] And take thou unto thee of all food that is
eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and
for them.
[22] Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him,
so did he.
Gen.7
[1] And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation.
[2] Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by
sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the
male and his female.
[3] Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male
and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
[4]
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and
forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from
off the face of the earth.
[5] And Noah did according unto all that
the LORD commanded him.
[6] And Noah was six hundred years old when
the flood of waters was upon the earth.
[7] And Noah went in, and his
sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the
waters of the flood.
[8] Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not
clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the
earth,
[9] There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male
and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
[10] And it came to pass
after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the
earth.
[11] In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of
the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
[12]
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
[13] In
the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,
and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the
ark;
[14] They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle
after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after
his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every
sort.
[15] And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
[16] And they that went in, went
in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him
in.
[17] And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the
earth.
[18] And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon
the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
[19] And the
waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were
under the whole heaven, were covered.
[20] Fifteen cubits upward did
the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
[21] And all flesh
died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and
of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every
man:
[22] All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that
was in the dry land, died.
[23] And every living substance was
destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the
creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the
earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the
ark.
[24] And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty
days.
Gen.8
[1] And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and
all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over
the earth, and the waters asswaged;
[2] The fountains also of the deep
and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was
restrained;
[3] And the waters returned from off the earth
continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated.
[4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
[5] And
the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on
the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
[6]
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the
ark which he had made:
[7] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth
to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
[8]
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off
the face of the ground;
[9] But the dove found no rest for the sole of
her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the
face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled
her in unto him into the ark.
[10] And he stayed yet other seven days;
and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
[11] And the dove
came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt
off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
[12]
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not
again unto him any more.
[13] And it came to pass in the six hundredth
and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were
dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and
looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
[14] And in the
second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth
dried.
[15] And God spake unto Noah, saying,
[16] Go forth
of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with
thee.
[17] Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee,
of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be
fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
[18] And Noah went forth, and
his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
[19] Every
beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the
earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
[20] And Noah
builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every
clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[21] And the
LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again
curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is
evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as
I have done.
[22] While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and
cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Gen.9
[1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
[2] And the fear
of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon
every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the
fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
[3] Every moving
thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you
all things.
[4] But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood
thereof, shall ye not eat.
[5] And surely your blood of your lives
will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of
man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of
man.
[6] Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made he man.
[7] And you, be ye fruitful, and
multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
therein.
[8] And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,
saying,
[9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with
your seed after you;
[10] And with every living creature that is with
you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from
all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
[11] And I
will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more
by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the
earth.
[12] And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I
make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations:
[13] I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall
be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
[14] And it
shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be
seen in the cloud:
[15] And I will remember my covenant, which is
between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall
no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
[16] And the bow shall be
in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting
covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the
earth.
[17] And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant,
which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth.
[18] And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were
Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
[19]
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread.
[20] And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a
vineyard:
[21] And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was
uncovered within his tent.
[22] And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
[23] And
Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went
backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were
backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
[24] And Noah
awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto
him.
[25] And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall
he be unto his brethren.
[26] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
[27] God shall enlarge Japheth,
and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his
servant.
[28] And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty
years.
[29] And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty
years: and he died.
Gen.10
[1] Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the
flood.
[2] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and
Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[3] And the sons of Gomer;
Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
[4] And the sons of Javan;
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
[5] By these were the
isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after
their families, in their nations.
[6] And the sons of Ham; Cush, and
Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
[7] And the sons of Cush; Seba, and
Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba,
and Dedan.
[8] And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in
the earth.
[9] He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is
said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
[10] And the
beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the
land of Shinar.
[11] Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
[12] And Resen between
Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
[13] And Mizraim begat
Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[14] And Pathrusim, and
Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
[15] And Canaan
begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
[16] And the Jebusite, and the
Amorite, and the Girgasite,
[17] And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and
the Sinite,
[18] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread
abroad.
[19] And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou
comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah,
and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
[20] These are the sons of Ham, after
their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their
nations.
[21] Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber,
the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
[22]
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram.
[23] And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and
Mash.
[24] And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat
Eber.
[25] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was
Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was
Joktan.
[26] And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth,
and Jerah,
[27] And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[28] And
Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
[29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab:
all these were the sons of Joktan.
[30] And their dwelling was from
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
[31] These are
the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands,
after their nations.
[32] These are the families of the sons of Noah,
after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided
in the earth after the flood.
Gen.11
[1] And the whole earth was of one language, and of one
speech.
[2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that
they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
[3]
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly.
And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
[4] And
they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto
heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of
the whole earth.
[5] And the LORD came down to see the city and the
tower, which the children of men builded.
[6] And the LORD said,
Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin
to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to
do.
[7] Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that
they may not understand one another's speech.
[8] So the LORD
scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left
off to build the city.
[9] Therefore is the name of it called Babel;
because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from
thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the
earth.
[10] These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred
years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
[11] And Shem
lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters.
[12] And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat
Salah:
[13] And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and
three years, and begat sons and daughters.
[14] And Salah lived thirty
years, and begat Eber:
[15] And Salah lived after he begat Eber four
hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
[16] And Eber
lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
[17] And Eber lived
after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and
daughters.
[18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat
Reu:
[19] And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine
years, and begat sons and daughters.
[20] And Reu lived two and thirty
years, and begat Serug:
[21] And Reu lived after he begat Serug two
hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
[22] And Serug
lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
[23] And Serug lived after he
begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
[24] And
Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
[25] And Nahor
lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and
daughters.
[26] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor,
and Haran.
[27] Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat
Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
[28] And Haran died
before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the
Chaldees.
[29] And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of
Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
[30] But Sarai
was barren; she had no child.
[31] And Terah took Abram his son, and
Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son
Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into
the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
[32]
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in
Haran.
Gen.12
[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I
will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
[3]
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
[4] So Abram
departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was
seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
[5] And
Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance
that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they
went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they
came.
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem,
unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[7]
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land:
and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto
him.
[8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:
and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the
LORD.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down
into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the
land.
[11] And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into
Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair
woman to look upon:
[12] Therefore it shall come to pass, when the
Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will
kill me, but they will save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou
art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live
because of thee.
[14] And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come
into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very
fair.
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her
before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
[16] And
he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses,
and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
[17] And
the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai
Abram's wife.
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this
that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy
wife?
[19] Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken
her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy
way.
[20] And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent
him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Gen.13
[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and
all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
[2] And Abram was
very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[3] And he went on his
journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been
at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
[4] Unto the place of the
altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name
of the LORD.
[5] And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and
herds, and tents.
[6] And the land was not able to bear them, that
they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not
dwell together.
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of
Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the
Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
[8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let
there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and
thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
[9] Is not the whole land before
thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand,
then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go
to the left.
[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain
of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar.
[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and
Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the
other.
[12] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in
the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[13] But
the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was
separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou
art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
[15] For all
the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for
ever.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that
if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be
numbered.
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in
the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram
removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron,
and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Gen.14
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of
Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations;
[2] That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with
Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
[3] All these were joined together in
the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
[4] Twelve years they
served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
[5] And
in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and
smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in
Shaveh Kiriathaim,
[6] And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto
El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
[7] And they returned, and came
to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out
the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king
of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with
them in the vale of Siddim;
[9] With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam,
and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of
Ellasar; four kings with five.
[10] And the vale of Siddim was full of
slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they
that remained fled to the mountain.
[11] And they took all the goods
of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their
way.
[12] And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in
Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
[13] And there came one that had
escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the
Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with
Abram.
[14] And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive,
he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and
eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself
against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them
unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
[16] And he brought
back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and
the women also, and the people.
[17] And the king of Sodom went out to
meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings
that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's
dale.
[18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine:
and he was the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him,
and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and
earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered
thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
[21] And
the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to
thyself.
[22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine
hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and
earth,
[23] That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet,
and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I
have made Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young men have
eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre;
let them take their portion.
Gen.15
[1] After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.
[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
Damascus?
[3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed:
and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
[4] And, behold, the word
of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that
shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
[5] And
he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the
stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed
be.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
[7] And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought
thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit
it.
[8] And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall
inherit it?
[9] And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years
old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a
turtledove, and a young pigeon.
[10] And he took unto him all these,
and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the
birds divided he not.
[11] And when the fowls came down upon the
carcases, Abram drove them away.
[12] And when the sun was going down,
a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon
him.
[13] And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall
be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom they
shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great
substance.
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt
be buried in a good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they
shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet
full.
[17] And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it
was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces.
[18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the
great river, the river Euphrates:
[19] The Kenites, and the
Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20] And the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21] And the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Gen.16
[1] Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she
had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
[2] And Sarai said
unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee,
go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram
hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
[3] And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar
her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan,
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
[4] And he went in
unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her
mistress was despised in her eyes.
[5] And Sarai said unto Abram, My
wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that
she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and
thee.
[6] But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand;
do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled
from her face.
[7] And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain
of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
[8]
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go?
And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
[9] And the
angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself
under her hands.
[10] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will
multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for
multitude.
[11] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou
art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because
the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
[12] And he will be a wild man;
his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he
shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
[13] And she called
the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have
I also here looked after him that seeth me?
[14] Wherefore the well
was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and
Bered.
[15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's
name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
[16] And Abram was fourscore and six
years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Gen.17
[1] And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and
be thou perfect.
[2] And I will make my covenant between me and thee,
and will multiply thee exceedingly.
[3] And Abram fell on his face:
and God talked with him, saying,
[4] As for me, behold, my covenant is
with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
[5] Neither
shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a
father of many nations have I made thee.
[6] And I will make thee
exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of
thee.
[7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy
seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God
unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
[8] And I will give unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land
of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
[9]
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy
seed after thee in their generations.
[10] This is my covenant, which
ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among
you shall be circumcised.
[11] And ye shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and
you.
[12] And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among
you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or
bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
[13] He
that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant.
[14] And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his
foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.
[15] And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy
wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name
be.
[16] And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I
will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be
of her.
[17] Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in
his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and
shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
[18] And Abraham said
unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
[19] And God said,
Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac:
and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with
his seed after him.
[20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great
nation.
[21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah
shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
[22] And he
left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
[23] And
Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that
were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said
unto him.
[24] And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[25] And Ishmael his son was
thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin.
[26] In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and
Ishmael his son.
[27] And all the men of his house, born in the house,
and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Gen.18
[1] And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
[2] And he lift up
his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he
ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the
ground,
[3] And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
[4] Let a little
water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the
tree:
[5] And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your
hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant.
And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
[6] And Abraham hastened into
the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal,
knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
[7] And Abraham ran unto the
herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he
hasted to dress it.
[8] And he took butter, and milk, and the calf
which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the
tree, and they did eat.
[9] And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy
wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
[10] And he said, I will
certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy
wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind
him.
[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and
it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
[12] Therefore
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have
pleasure, my lord being old also?
[13] And the LORD said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am
old?
[14] Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I
will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son.
[15] Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was
afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
[16] And the men rose
up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring
them on the way.
[17] And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham
that thing which I do;
[18] Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a
great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
him?
[19] For I know him, that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and
judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of
him.
[20] And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very grievous;
[21] I will go down
now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which
is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
[22] And the men turned
their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the
LORD.
[23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
[24] Peradventure there be fifty righteous
within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty
righteous that are therein?
[25] That be far from thee to do after
this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous
should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right?
[26] And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their
sakes.
[27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
[28]
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all
the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will
not destroy it.
[29] And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for
forty's sake.
[30] And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry,
and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I
will not do it, if I find thirty there.
[31] And he said, Behold now,
I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty
found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's
sake.
[32] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak
yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will
not destroy it for ten's sake.
[33] And the LORD went his way, as soon
as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Gen.19
[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot
sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed
himself with his face toward the ground;
[2] And he said, Behold now,
my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night,
and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they
said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
[3] And he
pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his
house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did
eat.
[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men
of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from
every quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where
are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we
may know them.
[6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut
the door after him,
[7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so
wickedly.
[8] Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known
man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good
in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the
shadow of my roof.
[9] And they said, Stand back. And they said again,
This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we
deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even
Lot, and came near to break the door.
[10] But the men put forth their
hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the
door.
[11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house
with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find
the door.
[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides?
son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the
city, bring them out of this place:
[13] For we will destroy this
place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and
the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
[14] And Lot went out, and spake
unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of
this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that
mocked unto his sons in law.
[15] And when the morning arose, then the
angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which
are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
[16] And
while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his
wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him:
and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
[17] And it
came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for
thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to
the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
[18] And Lot said unto them, Oh,
not so, my Lord:
[19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy
sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in
saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and
I die:
[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a
little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul
shall live.
[21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee
concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which
thou hast spoken.
[22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any
thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called
Zoar.
[23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into
Zoar.
[24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone
and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
[25] And he overthrew those
cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which
grew upon the ground.
[26] But his wife looked back from behind him,
and she became a pillar of salt.
[27] And Abraham gat up early in the
morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
[28] And he
looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and
beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a
furnace.
[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
[30]
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters
with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two
daughters.
[31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is
old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of
all the earth:
[32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we
will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
[33] And
they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay
with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she
arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said
unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our Father.
[35] And they made their father drink
wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived
not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[36] Thus were both the
daughters of Lot with child by their father.
[37] And the firstborn
bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites
unto this day.
[38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called
his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this
day.
Gen.20
[1] And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south
country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in
Gerar.
[2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
[3] But God came to
Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man,
for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
[4] But
Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a
righteous nation?
[5] Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she,
even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and
innocency of my hands have I done this.
[6] And God said unto him in a
dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I
also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to
touch her.
[7] Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a
prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore
her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are
thine.
[8] Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called
all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore
afraid.
[9] Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What
hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on
me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to
be done.
[10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that
thou hast done this thing?
[11] And Abraham said, Because I thought,
Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's
sake.
[12] And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my
father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my
wife.
[13] And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my
father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew
unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my
brother.
[14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his
wife.
[15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell
where it pleaseth thee.
[16] And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have
given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering
of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was
reproved.
[17] So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech,
and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
[18] For
the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of
Sarah Abraham's wife.
Gen.21
[1] And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the
LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
[2] For Sarah conceived, and
bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to
him.
[3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto
him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
[4] And Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
[5] And
Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto
him.
[6] And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that
hear will laugh with me.
[7] And she said, Who would have said unto
Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son
in his old age.
[8] And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham
made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
[9] And Sarah
saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,
mocking.
[10] Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman
and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even
with Isaac.
[11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight
because of his son.
[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be
grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all
that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy
seed be called.
[13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make
a nation, because he is thy seed.
[14] And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed,
and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
[15] And the water was
spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the
shrubs.
[16] And she went, and sat her down over against him a good
way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the
child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and
wept.
[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God
called Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear
not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
[18] Arise,
lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great
nation.
[19] And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and
she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad
drink.
[20] And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness
of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of
Egypt.
[22] And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and
Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with
thee in all that thou doest:
[23] Now therefore swear unto me here by
God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's
son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do
unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
[24] And Abraham
said, I will swear.
[25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a
well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken
away.
[26] And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing:
neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to
day.
[27] And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
[28] And Abraham set
seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
[29] And Abimelech said
unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by
themselves?
[30] And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou
take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this
well.
[31] Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there
they sware both of them.
[32] Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba:
then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they
returned into the land of the Philistines.
[33] And Abraham planted a
grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting
God.
[34] And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many
days.
Gen.22
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I
am.
[2] And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
[3] And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told
him.
[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
place afar off.
[5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here
with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to
you,
[6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it
upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went
both of them together.
[7] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father,
and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the
fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
[8] And
Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so
they went both of them together.
[9] And they came to the place which
God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in
order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the
wood.
[10] And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.
[11] And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
[12] And
he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him:
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son from me.
[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the
stead of his son.
[14] And Abraham called the name of that place
Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be
seen.
[15] And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time,
[16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the
LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son:
[17] That in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies;
[18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
[19] So Abraham returned
unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and
Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
[20] And it came to pass after these
things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born
children unto thy brother Nahor;
[21] Huz his firstborn, and Buz his
brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
[22] And Chesed, and Hazo, and
Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
[23] And Bethuel begat Rebekah:
these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
[24] And his
concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash,
and Maachah.
Gen.23
[1] And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years
old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
[2] And Sarah died in
Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to
mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
[3] And Abraham stood up from
before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
[4] I am a
stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with
you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
[5] And the children of
Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[6] Hear us, my lord: thou art
a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of
us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy
dead.
[7] And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth.
[8] And he communed with them,
saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me,
and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
[9] That he may give me
the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as
much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace
amongst you.
[10] And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
[11] Nay, my
lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it
thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy
dead.
[12] And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the
land.
[13] And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of
the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give
thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead
there.
[14] And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto
him,
[15] My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy
dead.
[16] And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
[17] And
the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field,
and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that
were in all the borders round about, were made sure
[18] Unto Abraham
for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went
in at the gate of his city.
[19] And after this, Abraham buried Sarah
his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron
in the land of Canaan.
[20] And the field, and the cave that is
therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the
sons of Heth.
Gen.24
[1] And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the
LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
[2] And Abraham said unto his
eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee,
thy hand under my thigh:
[3] And I will make thee swear by the LORD,
the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife
unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I
dwell:
[4] But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son Isaac.
[5] And the servant said unto him,
Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I
needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
[6]
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither
again.
[7] The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's
house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware
unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
[8]
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear
from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
[9] And the
servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him
concerning that matter.
[10] And the servant took ten camels of the
camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his
hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of
Nahor.
[11] And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a
well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to
draw water.
[12] And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray
thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master
Abraham.
[13] Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the
daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
[14] And let
it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I
pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy
camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant
Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my
master.
[15] And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
[16] And
the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her:
and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came
up.
[17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
[18] And she said, Drink,
my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him
drink.
[19] And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will
draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
[20]
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the
well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
[21] And the man
wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey
prosperous or not.
[22] And it came to pass, as the camels had done
drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two
bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
[23] And said,
Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's
house for us to lodge in?
[24] And she said unto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
[25]
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to
lodge in.
[26] And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the
LORD.
[27] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham,
who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the
way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
[28] And
the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
[29]
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the
man, unto the well.
[30] And it came to pass, when he saw the earring
and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah
his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
[31] And he said, Come in,
thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared
the house, and room for the camels.
[32] And the man came into the
house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels,
and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with
him.
[33] And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I
will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak
on.
[34] And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
[35] And the
LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given
him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants,
and camels, and asses.
[36] And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to
my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he
hath.
[37] And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a
wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I
dwell:
[38] But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my
kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
[39] And I said unto my master,
Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
[40] And he said unto me,
The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy
way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's
house:
[41] Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou
comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my
oath.
[42] And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of
my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;
[43]
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the
virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a
little water of thy pitcher to drink;
[44] And she say to me, Both
drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom
the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
[45] And before I had
done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her
shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her,
Let me drink, I pray thee.
[46] And she made haste, and let down her
pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
[47] And I asked
her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel,
Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and
the bracelets upon her hands.
[48] And I bowed down my head, and
worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had
led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his
son.
[49] And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master,
tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the
left.
[50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing
proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
[51]
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's
son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
[52] And it came to pass, that,
when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself
to the earth.
[53] And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her
brother and to her mother precious things.
[54] And they did eat and
drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose
up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
[55] And
her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the
least ten; after that she shall go.
[56] And he said unto them, Hinder
me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my
master.
[57] And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at
her mouth.
[58] And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou
go with this man? And she said, I will go.
[59] And they sent away
Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his
men.
[60] And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our
sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess
the gate of those which hate them.
[61] And Rebekah arose, and her
damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant
took Rebekah, and went his way.
[62] And Isaac came from the way of
the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
[63] And Isaac
went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes,
and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
[64] And Rebekah lifted
up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
[65]
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to
meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail,
and covered herself.
[66] And the servant told Isaac all things that
he had done.
[67] And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,
and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was
comforted after his mother's death.
Gen.25
[1] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was
Keturah.
[2] And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and
Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
[3] And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan.
And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
[4]
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All
these were the children of Keturah.
[5] And Abraham gave all that he
had unto Isaac.
[6] But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham
had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet
lived, eastward, unto the east country.
[7] And these are the days of
the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen
years.
[8] Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age,
an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
[9] And
his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of
Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
[10] The
field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and
Sarah his wife.
[11] And it came to pass after the death of Abraham,
that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well
Lahai-roi.
[12] Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's
son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto
Abraham:
[13] And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their
names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[14] And Mishma, and Dumah, and
Massa,
[15] Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah:
[16] These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their
names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their
nations.
[17] And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an
hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was
gathered unto his people.
[18] And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur,
that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence
of all his brethren.
[19] And these are the generations of Isaac,
Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
[20] And Isaac was forty years old
when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram,
the sister to Laban the Syrian.
[21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for
his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived.
[22] And the children struggled together within
her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the
LORD.
[23] And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,
and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people
shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the
younger.
[24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,
behold, there were twins in her womb.
[25] And the first came out red,
all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
[26]
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and
his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare
them.
[27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of
the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
[28] And
Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved
Jacob.
[29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and
he was faint:
[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called
Edom.
[31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
birthright.
[32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and
what profit shall this birthright do to me?
[33] And Jacob said, Swear
to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto
Jacob.
[34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he
did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright.
Gen.26
[1] And there was a famine in the land, beside the first
famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of
the Philistines unto Gerar.
[2] And the LORD appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee
of:
[3] Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless
thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I
will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
[4] And I
will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy
seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed;
[5] Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
[6] And Isaac dwelt in
Gerar:
[7] And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he
said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the
men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look
upon.
[8] And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time,
that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and,
behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
[9] And Abimelech
called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst
thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for
her.
[10] And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one
of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us.
[11] And Abimelech charged all his people,
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to
death.
[12] Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same
year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
[13] And the man waxed
great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
[14] For
he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of
servants: and the Philistines envied him.
[15] For all the wells which
his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the
Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
[16] And
Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than
we.
[17] And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley
of Gerar, and dwelt there.
[18] And Isaac digged again the wells of
water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the
philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their
names after the names by which his father had called them.
[19] And
Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing
water.
[20] And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,
saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they
strove with him.
[21] And they digged another well, and strove for
that also:and he called the name of it Sitnah.
[22] And he removed
from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he
called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for
us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
[23] And he went up from
thence to Beer-sheba.
[24] And the LORD appeared unto him the same
night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with
thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's
sake.
[25] And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of
the LORD and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a
well.
[26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of
his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
[27] And Isaac
said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me
away from you?
[28] And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was
with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and
thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
[29] That thou wilt do us
no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but
good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the
LORD.
[30] And he made them a feast, and they did eat and
drink.
[31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to
another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in
peace.
[32] And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants
came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him,
We have found water.
[33] And he called it Shebah: therefore the name
of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
[34] And Esau was forty years
old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath
the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
[35] Which were a grief of mind unto
Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen.27
[1] And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his
eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said
unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
[2] And he
said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
[3] Now
therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to
the field, and take me some venison;
[4] And make me savoury meat,
such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee
before I die.
[5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son.
And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
[6]
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak
unto Esau thy brother, saying,
[7] Bring me venison, and make me
savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my
death.
[8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that
which I command thee.
[9] Go now to the flock, and fetch me from
thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy
father, such as he loveth:
[10] And thou shalt bring it to thy father,
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
[11] And
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I
am a smooth man:
[12] My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall
seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a
blessing.
[13] And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my
son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
[14] And he went, and
fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such
as his father loved.
[15] And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her
eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her
younger son:
[16] And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
[17] And she gave the
savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son
Jacob.
[18] And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
[19] And Jacob said unto his
father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise,
I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless
me.
[20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found
it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to
me.
[21] And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may
feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
[22] And
Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is
Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
[23] And he
discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so
he blessed him.
[24] And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he
said, I am.
[25] And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of
my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him,
and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] And his
father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
[27]
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and
blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which
the LORD hath blessed:
[28] Therefore God give thee of the dew of
heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and
wine:
[29] Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be
lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be
every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth
thee.
[30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of
blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his
father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
[31] And he
also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his
father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may
bless me.
[32] And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And
he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
[33] And Isaac trembled
very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and
brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him?
yea, and he shall be blessed.
[34] And when Esau heard the words of
his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his
father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
[35] And he said, Thy
brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
[36] And
he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two
times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my
blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
[37]
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all
his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I
sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
[38] And
Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even
me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
[39] And
Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the
fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
[40] And by
thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to
pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off
thy neck.
[41] And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith
his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my
father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
[42] And these
words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob
her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee,
doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
[43] Now therefore, my
son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to
Haran;
[44] And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury
turn away;
[45] Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he
forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
[46] And
Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth:
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the
daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Gen.28
[1] And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged
him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan.
[2] Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy
mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy
mother's brother.
[3] And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of
people;
[4] And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy
seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger,
which God gave unto Abraham.
[5] And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he
went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of
Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
[6] When Esau saw that Isaac had
blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence;
and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a
wife of the daughters of Canaan;
[7] And that Jacob obeyed his father
and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
[8] And Esau seeing that
the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
[9] Then went
Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of
Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
[10]
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
[11] And he
lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was
set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and
lay down in that place to sleep.
[12] And he dreamed, and behold a
ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the
angels of God ascending and descending on it.
[13] And, behold, the
LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the
God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed;
[14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou
shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the
south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be
blessed.
[15] And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all
places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will
not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee
of.
[16] And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the
LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
[17] And he was afraid, and
said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven.
[18] And Jacob rose up early in the
morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a
pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
[19] And he called the name
of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the
first.
[20] And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and
will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment
to put on,
[21] So that I come again to my father's house in peace;
then shall the LORD be my God:
[22] And this stone, which I have set
for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will
surely give the tenth unto thee.
Gen.29
[1] Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land
of the people of the east.
[2] And he looked, and behold a well in the
field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that
well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's
mouth.
[3] And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled
the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again
upon the well's mouth in his place.
[4] And Jacob said unto them, My
brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
[5] And he
said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know
him.
[6] And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
[7] And he
said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be
gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
[8] And
they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they
roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
[9] And
while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept
them.
[10] And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that
Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the
flock of Laban his mother's brother.
[11] And Jacob kissed Rachel, and
lifted up his voice, and wept.
[12] And Jacob told Rachel that he was
her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her
father.
[13] And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of
Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed
him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these
things.
[14] And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my
flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
[15] And Laban said
unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for
nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
[16] And Laban had two
daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was
Rachel.
[17] Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well
favoured.
[18] And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee
seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
[19] And Laban said, It
is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man:
abide with me.
[20] And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they
seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
[21] And
Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go
in unto her.
[22] And Laban gathered together all the men of the
place, and made a feast.
[23] And it came to pass in the evening, that
he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto
her.
[24] And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
[25] And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it
was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
[26]
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger
before the firstborn.
[27] Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this
also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other
years.
[28] And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him
Rachel his daughter to wife also.
[29] And Laban gave to Rachel his
daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
[30] And he went in also
unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet
seven other years.
[31] And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he
opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
[32] And Leah conceived, and
bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath
looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
[33]
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard
that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his
name Simeon.
[34] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,
Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three
sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
[35] And she conceived
again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she
called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Gen.30
[1] And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children,
Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I
die.
[2] And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am
I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the
womb?
[3] And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she
shall bear upon my knees that I may also have children by her.
[4] And
she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her.
[5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
[6] And
Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me
a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
[7] And Bilhah Rachel's maid
conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
[8] And Rachel said,
With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and
she called his name Naphtali.
[9] When Leah saw that she had left
bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
[10]
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
[11] And Leah said, A troop
cometh: and she called his name Gad.
[12] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare
Jacob a second son.
[13] And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters
will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
[14] And Reuben
went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought
them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of
thy son's mandrakes.
[15] And she said unto her, Is it a small matter
that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes
also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's
mandrakes.
[16] And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and
Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I
have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that
night.
[17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare
Jacob the fifth son.
[18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire,
because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name
Issachar.
[19] And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth
son.
[20] And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now
will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called
his name Zebulun.
[21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called
her name Dinah.
[22] And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to
her, and opened her womb.
[23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and
said, God hath taken away my reproach:
[24] And she called his name
Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
[25] And it
came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me
away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
[26] Give
me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for
thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
[27] And Laban said
unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have
learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
[28]
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
[29] And he
said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with
me.
[30] For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is
now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
[31] And he
said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing:
if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy
flock:
[32] I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from
thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the
sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my
hire.
[33] So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come,
when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled
and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
[34] And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be
according to thy word.
[35] And he removed that day the he goats that
were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and
spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the
sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
[36] And he set three
days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's
flocks.
[37] And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel
and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear
which was in the rods.
[38] And he set the rods which he had pilled
before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to
drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
[39] And the
flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked,
speckled, and spotted.
[40] And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set
the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock
of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's
cattle.
[41] And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did
conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,
that they might conceive among the rods.
[42] But when the cattle were
feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger
Jacob's.
[43] And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,
and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Gen.31
[1] And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob
hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's
hath he gotten all this glory.
[2] And Jacob beheld the countenance of
Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
[3] And the LORD
said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I
will be with thee.
[4] And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to
the field unto his flock,
[5] And said unto them, I see your father's
countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath
been with me.
[6] And ye know that with all my power I have served
your father.
[7] And your father hath deceived me, and changed my
wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
[8] If he said
thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if
he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle
ringstraked.
[9] Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father,
and given them to me.
[10] And it came to pass at the time that the
cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold,
the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and
grisled.
[11] And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying,
Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
[12] And he said, Lift up now thine
eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked,
speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto
thee.
[13] I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar,
and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land,
and return unto the land of thy kindred.
[14] And Rachel and Leah
answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in
our father's house?
[15] Are we not counted of him strangers? for he
hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
[16] For all the
riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's:
now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
[17] Then Jacob rose
up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
[18] And he carried
away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his
getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the
land of Canaan.
[19] And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had
stolen the images that were her father's.
[20] And Jacob stole away
unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he
fled.
[21] So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed
over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
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